Revolving platform for apartment furniture.



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REVQLVING PLATFORM FOR APARTMENT FURNITURE.

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1,278,108., PatentedSept.10,1918.-

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} REVOLVING PLATFORM FOR APARTMENT FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED DEc. 12. I916.

1,278,108. A Patented Sept. 10 1918..

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P. L. CIMINI.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12. I916- PatentedSept.'10,1918.;

REVOLVING PLATFORM 'FOR APARTMENT FURNITURE- INENIR. fiAfima/w moawns WINE88E8 P. L. CIMINI. REVOLVING PLATFORM FOR APARTMENTYFURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12. ISIS.

Patented Sept. 10; 1918.

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REVOLVING PLATFORM FOB APARTMENT FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. J P t nted Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed December 12, 1916. Serial No. 136,452.-

My lnvention relates to furniture for apartments, forming part of the rooms" thereof and so arranged that a room may be easily transformed into a living room, sleeping room or a kitchenette, etc., as the occasion may require.- An object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive arrangement whereby with the least number of rooms the largest comfort can be obtained.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specifica- I tion, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan of an apartment provided with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2, Fig. 3, of the standpipe or colunm on which the revoluble platform carrying the various furniture-is supported;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. on line 33, Fig. 4;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the kitchenette section of the furniture as seen on lines 44, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 55 showing the bed in operative position and the mechanism associated therewith;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on line 66, Fi 5 showing the bed mechanism in plan;

ig. 7 is a section on line 7-'7, Fig.4; and

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 show different apartments each provided with an embodiment of -my invention whereby one or more rooms associated with the arrangement may be transformed into any of the desired rooms,

' as previously mentioned.

Referring to the drawings, 11 is a platform, supported on suitable rollers 12, to which motion may be imparted by a suitable motion-transmission mechanism 13. This mechanism may be actuated either by a crank or a motor. In rotating the rollers, the platform is caused to rotate therewith. A tubular column 14 rises from the central part of the platform. Said column houses the standpipe 15," which pipe has a revoluble section 16' preferably mounted on suitableball bearings 17. "The movable section carries Ts 18 at the ends thereof, the lower T being connected by a o0nduit'19 to the dram of a tub 20, for which-the standpipe 15 constitutes thewastepipe. The upper T 18 receives an extension 21 of a revoluble ilgpply conduit 22 housed in the standpipe able valves 23 for supp tub20.

The tub '20 rests on partition walls 24 ying' water to the which rise from the platform along the column 14 and subdivide the'space about the column into four compartments A," B, C and D. The partitions in thecent'ral part of the platform are'at right'angles to each The extension 21 is provided with suitother and disposed radially on the platform through their major part. Acloset 25', is mounted above the'tub 20 on'the partitions 24. Closets 26 are secured to the lateral extensions of the said partitions on each side of the tub 20.' .Above one of the said closets 26 an ironing-board 27 is hinged to the partition and is-normally maintained against the partition by a suitable locking member 28. Above the other partition 26 a suitablestove 29 is provided to complete the kitchenette.

-Within the tub, preferably, a washbasin 30 is provided, the said basin being mounted on trunnions 31 within the tub so that the same can be swung from the operative to the "inoperative position, the said basin being so shown'ifi dotted lines in Fig. 5.

-A bed frame 32 is provided in the compartment C opposite the kitchenette com-f partment. The said frame carries an axle 33 which bears-in the lateral extension of the partitions 24 which form the said compartment C. A gear 34 is provided on the axle to rotate therewith. It meshes with a pinion 35 bearing in a frame 36 which is free to turn on the axle 33. The pinion has a shaft section 37 through the medium of which the gear 34 may be operated and the bed frame 32 swung in or out of the com.- partment.

The free end of the bed frame is provided with a leg frame 38, a swinging portion 39 of which extends above the bed frame to form an abutment for the bedding to be placed on the bed frame. The shape ofsaid portion 39 is such that the same can easily bed rame 32 at a suitable distance from the portion 39. This head portion has a similar shape to that of portion 39. Both of said portions are geared by a mechanism 41 to the gear 34 'to swing inwardly and jam the bedding on the frame when said bed frame 32 is moved into the inoperative position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, thereb preventin the disarrangement of the be ding on the frame.

A suitable closet 42, in the shape of a sideboard, is mounted in the compartment B. The said sideboard has casters 43 engaging tracks 44 provided in the platform 11 and running toward the edge of the platform, so that the sideboard may be moved out of the compartment B to partially overhang the platform 11. A closet 45 is mounted in compartment D. It has preferably the shape of a dresser, provided with casters running on tracks 44 for permitting the shifting of the closet 45 in and out of com partment D.

7 Generally the platform 11 is so mounted that at' least two compartments thereof face openings 46 in the. walls of the apartment which it is to serve ,(see Fig. 1). In one of the walls the transmission mechanism 13 is mounted to impart movement to the platform, so as to bring any of the desired compartments in front of the desired opening.

The room which is to serve as a sleeping room has in the wall thereof adjacent the opening a shaft 47 to which motion may be imparted by a crank 48. A shaft section 49 is connected to the shaft 47 by a universal joint 50. This shaft section 49 can be connected to the shaft section 37 by a coupling 51. The motion is imparted to said shaft section 37 from the crank, thereby permitting the lowering of the bed frame into the rooni,.and vice versa.

As shown in Fig. 1, the bathroom has an opening with which any of the compartments may be brought into register. For example, the compartment D may be brought into register with said opening thereby making the dresser closet accessible from the bathroom. When the kitchenette is to be utilized for washing purposes, compartment A will be brought into register with the bathtub; and when it is to be used as a kitchenette, it will be brought into register with the opening 46 of the room which serves asa sleeping room. Normally the sideboard will occupy opening 46 of the room, but it is self-evident that any of the closets may be normally maintained in front of any of the openings.

In Figs. '8, 9 and 10 the arrangement is shown to be accessible from more than two sides. For example, in Fig. 8 it is accessible from all four sides, thereby transforming the rooms in accordance with the position of the compartment. In Figs. 9 and 10 the compartments are accessible from three sides, thereby leaving only one of the com- I ments, said s'tandpipe having a revoluble section, a drainpipe from the tub to the revoluble section, a revoluble water-supply pipe in said standpipe, and a valve-controlled extension from the supply pipe to the tub.

2. Apartment structure comprising in combination a standpipe, a platform revoluble about the standpipe, a tubular column on the platform housing the standpipe, partitions associated. with the platform and columnfor dividing the platform about the column into a lurality of compartments, said standpipe avinga revoluble section within the column, a revoluble water-supply 1p broiled outlet through the revoluble section and column into one of the compartments, and a drain pipe from the same compartment to the revoluble section of the standpipe.

3. An apartment structure comprising in combination,a revoluble platform, a frame mounted on the platform to swing in,a vertical plane, motion-transmission means on the platform associated with the frame,

and operating means outside of the platform having means for engaging the motion-transmission means when said motiontransmission means are brought into alinement with said operating means.

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